LWV Minnesota - DEI workshops from the 2021 Convention

LWV is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in principle and in practice. DEI is central to the organization’s current and future success in engaging all individuals, households, communities, and policy makers in creating a more perfect democracy.

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Most LWVMN Convention 2021 Workshops and Roundtables were recorded and can be watched on the LWVMN Convention 2021 webpage.  DEI related recordings:

• Working Intergenerationally to Take Action at the Local Level: Police Reform Efforts in Northfield
• Bringing DEI to Life (audio only)

Another workshop held at LWVMN Convention 2021, Feminism in Black and White, was a discussion workshop limited to 25 people and was not recorded. Discussion centered on the Duke University podcast Scene on Radio: Season 4: The Land That Never Has Been Yet, Episode 5 Feminism in Black and White.  Other episodes of the Scene on Radio Podcast recommended to attendees of the workshop:

• Season 2: Seeing White, Episode 13 White Affirmative Action
• Season 4: The Land That Never Has Been Yet, Episode 4 The Second Revolution
• Season 3: MEN, Episode 4, Feminism in Black and White

 
Articles recommended on the resource list from the Feminism in Black and White Workshop:

• Why Feminism Needs To Be An Anti-Racist Movement – article
• Black Women Share Their Stories About White Feminists Excluding Them From The Feminist Movement - article

• Why We Are Only Truly Feminist If We Are Also Antiracist – article

 
Do you have an article, podcast or video you would like to share with members?   Email your suggestions to [email protected].